Garment.



I'. G. RICH.

GARMENT. APPLIGATION FILED MAR.14,1908.

906,658. Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

UNTTED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

FRANCIS GEORGE RICH, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR 'IO CHARLES .IOSIAH ROSS, OF

EXETER,

ENGLAND.

GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

Application filed March 14, 1908. Serial No. 421,044.

To ell whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS GEORGE Rien, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 32 Old Bond street, in the county of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments, ol which the following is a specification.

rlhe plaits of Norfolk jackets and other' garments as hitherto made, while allowing 'for the expansion of the plaitcd part, very soon get out of shape, as the expanded plait seldom returns to its original position and consequently after a very little time the garment becomes baggy and ill-fitting.

The object of the present invention is to produce a plait which after expansion will return to its original shape, the result being attained without the aid or' any elastic or other resilient material and entirely produced by the manner in which the plait is made up.

To carry ont my invention I make the plait in two parts, each or' which is formed at the extremity of a half back or other part of the garment, one being on the outside and the other on the inside of the garment,the .tree end o'l` each partial plait being longer than the folded down part at the other end. The two parts of the plait are secured together by attaching the free end of each partial plait to the half back or other continuation ol' the other partial plait, the two partial plaits being superposed and each attached at its free end to the continuation of the other. The result is that when strain is put on one haii1 back or continuation to expand the plait the strain on the other half back or continuation will draw the plait back to its original position as soon as the pressure is released.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a l piece oi' material with my improved plait l'lorined thereon 5 Fig. 2 is a plan ol same;

and Fig. 3 is another plan showing the posii` tilon ol the parts when strain is put on the p ait.

The same parts are lettered to correspond in all three figures.

l In these drawings e and a represent the two halves of the back or other continuation, on the extremity of each of which is formed a partial plait l). These partial plaits as shown are made with the free ends d longer than, approximately double the length of,

, the folded down part c and the partial plaits are reversely disposed, that is to say, one is on the outside and the other on the inside of i the garment. The plait is made up by sewing or otherwise securing the edge of the free and longer end d, of each partial plait or part l), to the other part l), to, or close to, the Iirst or inner crease c oi the folded part c, as

shown lor example by the lines oi' stitching d. The outer of the two parts of the plait is shown with stitched edges f but this is immaterial and may be dispensed with.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A garment having a plait vformed by two partial plaits reversely disposed one on each extremity of the two parts ol the garment, the lree end ol" each partial plait being made longer than its folded part and secured close to the inner folded edge or' the other partial plait, substantially as described and for the purpose stated.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses this 24th day of February 1908.

FRANCIS GEORGE RICH.

IVitnesses:

R. WEsTAooTT, B. T. GoLBY. 

